Theatre Trivia Tweet: The Sound of Music Mary Martin as Maria in the original 1959 Broadway production of The Sound of Music. Who wrote the book for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music? SelectReveal Answer> If you said Oscar Hammerstein II, you were wrong. Two people wrote the book: Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Hammerstein wrote the lyrics and Rodgers the music. Post navigation previous postNext Post